WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. (WAVY) – At 3:25 a.m. on March 21, a dedicated launch for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) blasted off from Launch Complex 2 in Wallops, Virginia, on the Eastern Shore.

This was Rocket Lab’s first launch for the NRO from the United States.

Rocket Lab shared these incredible photos from the ‘Live And Let Fly’ mission with WAVY after the successful launch.